TCS 1, 004

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145623

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145623.

Transliteration

hu-ba
na-ab-a-du11
lu2-suen
u3-na-a-du11
1(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
lu2-na-ru2-a
he2-na-ab-szum2
hu-ba
sagi
a-bi2-si2-im-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCS 1, 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P145623) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145623..

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